Rail-tie and fastening means.



PATENTED APR. 14, 1908.

R. S. SCOTT. RAIL TIE AND FASTENING MEANS.

APPLIOATIOH FILED KAY 13, 1 807.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT S. StUT'l", O1 KANSAS ('l'l'Y, MISSOURI.

RAIL-TIE AND FASTENING MEANS.

v Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 14 1908.

Application filed Kay 13. 1907. Serial No. 373,467.

7b all whom it may roam-n:

Be it known that I, ROBERT S. Sun-r, a

f one )iere, for example, hy east ing, and steel citizen of the UnitedStates. residing at l ansas City, in the eounty of Ja ksnn and State orMissouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Ties andFastening Means, of which the following is a speritiea- 1 tion.

llns invention relates to a rail tie and lastemng means, the olqeet ofthe. invention being to provide a strut-lure of this eharzn'ter V whichis comparatively light. yet strong. easy to make, and'w'herem the railscan be readdr though the direetl support in part said and quit-lilylaid. and, when laid, ran he solidly and firmly held against allPossibilit) ol spreading.

In the drawings'aeeompanying and formiug part of this speeilieation lshow in detail 2 the said rivets having hooked or inwardlyone etleetiveform of embodiment of the invent ion, whirh, to enable those skilled inthe art to praetire said invention, will he setforth at length lit thefollowing (leseription,

, while the novelty of the invent ion will be ineluded in therlaimssueeeeding said (lest-riptiun.

Referring to said drawings: Figure I is a perspertive view of the tiewith one rail fastened in Pliltt and one slaw separated from the tie.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sertional view of one end of the tie, the railou the tie being in ('ross set-lion. Fig- I; is a transverse sectionalside elevation of the parts shown in Fig. .2 and as seen from the rightin said latter figure.

Like rharaeters refer to iii-uparts throughout. the several figures.

bases, as best indieated in Fig. '2. These plates .s are held in plaeeby rivets or similar means as .l. the shanks of the rivets projectingvrrtieallv through perforations in the plates 8 and body of the tie 2,respectively,

bent upper ends whit-h. when the rivets are in their operativepositions,overlie the inner portions of the bases ol the. respective rails. Thebutts or lower ends of the rivets are shown as headed to hohl them inplace. When the tie is made these rivets preferably form a. permanentpart of the same.

In operation the tie is positioned at the desired place and the railsare laid on the two lllillrh S and are then moved sidewise or towardeach other to carry the inner portions of their bases solidly under thebooks of the The tie is denoted in a general way h v :Z

and, while it ma he made of an v desirable material, I prefer to make itof metal as. in

this \va eomparat i\'e light ness and st rengt h j are assured.

is hilt-Fall) widened as at I}, the rails. ne of z The tie near the endstln-reol 'llll'll is shown and is designated by i, rrossing theselaterally widened p rtions 3. tie along its opposite sides is shown asprovided with dowinwardly-extending llangi-s as 5 extendinglongitudinally of the tie. and these flanges between their ends areillustrated as furnished with downwatally-extend ing wings as (l. There'spei-tive \\ill H and llanges 5 are represeuted'a miled h vim orllaug ges as T, said webs or flanges 7 being also united withthe bod ol'the li(' :ls(l(;|l'l shown in Fi 2.

The 2 ll (ltfidnut the several pail t whirl: if

rivets J. This, however, does not hold the rails. For this purpose Iprefer to utilize shoes as It), said shoes being shown as provided withdinvnwanlly-extending arms as l 1 which, when the shoes are in o)erati're relation, are adapted to straddle the wings 6. The bodies ofthe shoes are shown as provided with rows olpins u! studs designated,respeelively, by 1;, while tail-pieees as 13 of the shoes may be.furnished with similar pins designated, respeetivelv. by H. pins orstuds 14 extend downward. The douwardly-extemling arms H to which I havereferred may be furnished with similar pins as L). the latter, however,extending l|u|'i7.u|ll:lll or inwardl v. l prefer to make the two shoesof some re-ilient material and to utilize the several pins to 'liitll lhave relerl'ed for holding the shoes in interlocked relation ith the tieL, the tie hein; provided with suitable sot-hots or seats to reeeive thepins and \\'llll'll seats ma be of any suitable (diameter. for example.they may be made in the form of perforations, and. for siniplir'ilr alll' aid erforations will he lo-- All the 7 arm noted by the character 16.It will be understood, of course, that there are perforations in thebody of the tie and that the wings 6 the-shoes or plates 10, s rin intosaid perforations, so as to hold t e s mes securely in place.

The shoes are projected under the rail, as clearly indicated in Fig. 2,and their thickness equals that of the plates 8 to which I havereferred, bv reason of which the rails are held level. I provide,therefore, a simple and positive means of holding the two shoes to thetie. T he rivets 9 reventmovementof the rails toward each 0t, er, while,to obviate outward movement of said rails, the shoes are provided withhooks or inturned li s as 1'] which enga e over the outer sides of thebasesvof the rails. The tail-pieces 14 to which I have referred may eachbe, as shown in Fig. 2, slightly u wardly and outwardly bent or curvedso t rat a tool can be inserted under these bent or curved portions tofacilitate when necessary the removal of the shoes or the separation ofthe bodies thereof from the body of the tie. The arms 11 can bedisconnected from the tie. by an outward ressure. Under actualconditions the two s oes are held securely in position, and they, withthe spikes to wlnch l have referred, effectually prevent movement of therails toward or from each other. It is possible, however, owing to theresiliency of the shoes or plates 10, to remove the same when occasionrequires by the use of a. proper implement.

What I claim is: 1. The combination of a tie, rail-supporting ribs onthe tie, rail-holding spikes con nected with the ribs, andrail-supporting resilient shoes provided with rail-engaging means, saidshoes being resilient and being provided with pins, the tie having seatsinto which said pins can be sprung to hold the shoes to the tie.

2. The combination of a tie, rail-ho1ding shoes provided withdownwardly-extending arms to fit the opposite sides of the tie, said.shoes having rail-enga ing hooks and also having pins on the under sidethereof, said arms havin pins on the inner side thereof, and the tienaving seats into which the pins can be sprung by the resiliency of theshoes.

3; The combinat on of a tie having railsu )orting plates, rail-engagingrivets for ho ing the plates in place, and shoes of the same depth asthe plates to fit under the rails ax-d provided with hooks to engage therails, said shoes being resilient and having depending arms to fit thesides of the tie, the shoes and arms being provided with pins, and thetie having seat-s into which said pins can bi: sprun by the resiliencyof the shoes.

4. Kmetal tie having flanges along its opposits sides, said flangesbeing provided with depending wings, and webs uniting the flanges andconnected with the body of the tie. Y

5. The combination of a tie and resilient rail-holding means, the latterhaving means to hold the same in interlocking connection with said tieand against movement longitudinally thereof.

6. The combination of a tie and aresilient rail-holding shoe straddlinthe tie and in interlocking connection with said tie to prevent movementof the shoe longitudinally of the tie. 1

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing wit nesses.

ROBERT S. SCOTT. Witnesses: I

FLORENCE LATIMER BARNES, Unssss GRANT SoUrHa-nLANn

